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Turcicum leaf blight—sustainable management of a re-emerging maize disease

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Turcicum leaf blight of maize caused by the fungus Setosphaeria turcica is a serious foliar disease of maize distributed widely throughout the world and causing significant yield losses. The disease is more prevalent in humid weather with temperature between 20–28 °C and causes small cigar-shaped lesions to complete destruction of the foliage. Though there are several management practices available, identification and deployment of host plant resistance is a pragmatic approach to control the disease. However, qualitative resistance is unstable and breaks down easily by emergence of new races of the pathogen in maize necessitating the development of durable TLB resistant cultivars. Application of modern molecular tools and availability of high-density molecular marker data are expected to accelerate efforts to develop resistant hybrids. This review provides a focuses on current status, and future research needs especially biological control and sustainable integrated management strategies of TLB.

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The funding provided for conducting the research work by ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research New Delhi, under the project “Identification of stable sources of resistance to major diseases of maize” (AR DMR, 10:14), is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India

    K. S. Hooda, Meena Shekhar, Chikkappa G. Karjagi & Bhupinder Kumar

  2. ICAR-National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India

    M. K. Khokhar

  3. Zonal Agriculture Research Station, University of Agriculture Sciences, Mandya, 571405, India

    N. Mallikarjuna

  4. Hill Agricultural Research and Extension Centre, CSKHPKV, Bajaura, 175125, India

    R. K. Devlash

  5. Vivekanand Pravtiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, 263601, India

    C. Chandrashekara

  6. ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, 342003, India

    O. P. Yadav

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Hooda, K.S., Khokhar, M.K., Shekhar, M. et al. Turcicum leaf blight—sustainable management of a re-emerging maize disease. J Plant Dis Prot 124, 101–113 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-016-0054-8

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